Bright Young Things
«Lottie Crump: "Let me introduce you. That's Mr Whats-his-name, and over there in the corner, that's the major... that's an American judge, and there's the King of Pomerania"
King of Anatolia: "Anatolia, actually. But, alas, no more."»
What:
Bright Young Things
Who:
Stephen Fry (S&D)
With:
Stephen Campbell Moore, Emily Mortimer, Michael Sheen, Fenella Woolgar, David Tennant, James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Simon Callow, Peter O'Toole
When:
2003
Where:
UK
How:
Book, Characters, Colour, Language (English), Medium, Script, Slow
Why:
How can a Nation "lose its innocence"?
Is love enough to stay together, or do you need stability?
How did the British upper class lived its "swan's song" in the Thirties? And how did it fall in the Fourties, under the bombings?
Topics: fall and redemption, lifestyle, love, hope
Extra:
First, and for now, only work as a director for Stephen Fry, adapted from Evelyn Waugh's novel "Vile Bodies".